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Monthly Archives April 2025

Friday Fun Link – Vote Compass

Vote Compass isn’t a perfect tool but can be helpful for guiding your decision in the upcoming election – especially if you don’t follow politics and/or the parties closely. But it’s not perfect – it says (sample results above, not mine) that I should vote for a distant third party, I’m a longtime supporter of […]

Posted 11 April 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Play Dough (May 2016)

Posted 11 April 2025 § Baby § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Millennials and Gen Z Don’t Care About Work

And once again, Gen X gets forgotten… 😉 @mikemancusi Why young people don’t care about work #work #workethic #millennial #genz ? original sound – Mike Mancusi  

Posted 09 April 2025 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five *Good* Things About Dementia

Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]

Posted 08 April 2025 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “My own behavior was a shock to me/I never thought I’d have the nerve/I hope you’re sleeping through the night Eileen/I hope they’re grading on the curve”

“Eileen” – Jason Isbell

Posted 07 April 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – So You’re Saying Prayer Doesn’t Work?

Posted 06 April 2025 § Humour § Meme § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Washer Fluid Fill Up Day

Nice that the weather’s finally turned and I can top up all the vehicles that have been using a lot of washer fluid during the melty/crappy/slushy weather the past few weeks…

Posted 05 April 2025 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Librarian Dad Jokes

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Posted 04 April 2025 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Small Banana (January 2012)

One of my favourite pictures of Pace ever from a trip to Hawaii…

Posted 03 April 2025 § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – April Fool?

This is a post that’s five (or maybe even ten or fifteen?) years in the making. When I started at RPL fifteen years ago, I was an extremely unique position in the HR Unit called “Organization Development Specialist” with responsibility for staff training and development, change management initiatives, working on the nebulous “organizational culture” among […]

Posted 02 April 2025 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,